Trying to get into speedrunning and SMO seemed like a good place to start. Can someone link me a good tutorial all I've been able to find is people telling me moon locations, but not where to go from there and how to get there in the first place.

For beginners I'd recommend Samura1man's Any% tutorial, located in the Guides within this board.

Thanks.

Or just watch a run.

watching runs gives you the best idea of the route in real time (make sure to take notes when watching so that you can practice the sections)

i just watched witwix's speedrun of 1:17, doesnt have a lot of the complicated tricks and is probably a lot easier to follow when learning